{"id":119303,"date":"2025-05-30T18:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119303"},"modified":"2025-05-30T18:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:06:43","slug":"wikes-aide-blasts-senator-kingibe-over-ground-rent-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/wikes-aide-blasts-senator-kingibe-over-ground-rent-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike\u2019s Aide Blasts Senator Kingibe Over Ground Rent Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, Mr. Lere Olayinka has fired back at Senator Ireti Kingibe, describing her recent comments on the enforcement of ground rent payments as ill-informed, embarrassing and politically motivated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olayinka, in a statement on Thursday, accused the FCT lawmaker of harbouring personal grouse towards the Minister and viewing issues through a biased and antagonistic lens.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He criticized her position on the ongoing efforts to recover unpaid Ground Rent from defaulting property owners in the FCT, calling it \u201cridiculously illogical\u201d and a clear demonstration of her \u201cignorance of the Land Use Act.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is embarrassingly unfortunate that a sitting senator, whose responsibility includes making laws, appears unaware of the provisions of the same laws she is sworn to uphold,\u201d Olayinka said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Citing the Land Use Act, specifically Section 28, Subsections (a) and (b), Olayinka emphasized that the law permits the revocation of statutory rights of occupancy in cases where there is a breach of terms outlined in a Certificate of Occupancy including the failure to pay annual Ground Rent.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIs the annual payment of Ground Rent not a fundamental term in every Certificate of Occupancy?\u201d he asked.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u201cOr has Senator Kingibe decided to turn her aversion to Wike into a public display of legal ignorance? Is she not a senator? Is she not supposed to know these things?\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olayinka further chided the senator\u2019s posture, suggesting she would prefer a situation where landowners can ignore their financial obligations without consequences.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cShe might as well be advocating that when landowners refuse to pay for 10, 20, or even 43 years, the government should dance in celebration instead of enforcing compliance,\u201d he said sarcastically.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olayinka urged the FCT Senator to seek knowledge and elevate her discourse beyond personal animosity and to engage with issues based on law and governance, not political sentiment.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf she were the FCT Minister, would she have turned a blind eye to over four decades of unpaid dues simply because she feared political backlash?\u201d he queried.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olayinka&#8217;s response follows recent criticism by Senator Kingibe regarding the FCTA\u2019s move to enforce Ground Rent collections and the possible revocation of titles for long-term defaulters a policy she claimed was insensitive and anti-people.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the FCT Administration insists the move is in line with legal provisions and a necessary step to sanitize land administration in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the applauds and criticisms spread across the FCT, President Tinubu intervened and a 2 weeks grace was given to defaulters to pay up what they are owing.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. 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